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There is now an ITP for this package and i have included the closes line
in the changelog.

The bug is #171968
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=171968
* Package name : eprints
Version : 3.0.1-1
Upstream Author : Christopher Gutteridge
* URL : http://www.eprints.org
* License : GPL (v2 or later)
Section : web
It builds these binary packages:
eprints - Content Management System for Information Archiving
EPrints is a web-based content management system. It allows a large
number of contributors to share their digital objects/documents with
others. Contributors provide descriptive data (metadata) which is
dependent on the type of object being deposited (presentations, articles,
books etc.). Before being published objects must be accepted by an
editor. Users can access published objects through web-page listings,
searches, email alerts or via integration with other systems.
The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/eprints